Auch Leben ist eine Kunst - Der Fall Max Emden

Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts an end to the long dynasty that had ruled the country with an iron hand since the coronation of Michael I Romanov in 1613.

St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.

This film portrait shows Ulrich Tukur on the stage of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, where his career began, on the stage of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall and on his Tuscan farm. This is where he retreats when he needs peace and quiet. This private approach provides a very personal view of the actor, musician and writer Ulrich Tukur.

Franz Christian Gundlach, known as F. C. Gundlach, influenced an entire generation of photographers, such as Andreas Mühe and Kristian Schuller. Wim Wenders interprets Gundlach as a "visionary of photography". For F. C. Gundlach, who was born in 1926 in Heinebach in northern Hesse, Paris marked the start of his career: he had his first exhibition there in 1951. He quickly rose to become a star photographer. He moved to Hamburg and made his mark on fashion photography with fashion spreads for women's magazines such as "Film und Frau" and "Brigitte".